Pail-supporting device.



PATENTBD JAN.' 28, 1908. A. B PRITGHARD.

PAIL SUPPORTING DEVICE..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1905.

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FAIL-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 28, 1908.

Appiimion tied september 14.1905.' serial No. 278.393.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRrTcHARD, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFail-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pail supporting devices, and consists in theapparatus hereinafter described and claimed.

In the dravvings2-Figure 1 shows a pail supplied with this invention,Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion ofthe device seen from the outsideof the pail; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same portion of the deviceseen from the inside of the pail and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings the pail 1 is provided with a rolled or wired upper edge2, and is manufactured preferably with the bead 3 on the side.

The device embodies a bail ear with means of supporting the pail uponthe knees when it is used for milking cows. The bail ear consists of anouter sheet or plate 4 having a rib 5 adapted to fit over the bead 3 ofthe pail, and provided with the ears 6, 6, which project outwardly fromthe exterior of the pail. The upper portion of the plate 4 is ofsuitable form, here shown as in general circular, and has the wide edge7 turned over and hemmed upon the similarly shaped edge of the insideplate S. A perforation 9 for the handle or bail 10 passes through boththe inside and the outside plate. The inside -plate 8 rests againsttheinner surface of the pail, while the outside plate 4 rests against theouter surface thereof, leaving between them a suitable space between thecurved portions 11 and 12, in which lies the beaded edge 2 of the pail.Rivets 13 are employed .to fasten the plates 4 and 8 together with thepail wall between them.

The handle 10 is hooked at the ends, as usual through the perforations 9in the bail ears. In the projecting lugs 6 of each supporting deviceisheld the knee support 14, which may consist of any suitable material,but in the present embodiment of this invenion is shown as a wire havingparallel portions adap'ted to rest upon the top of the knee, and havingon one end the outwardly horizontal depressed end 15 for resting in oneof the perforated lugs 6, and having on the other end the terminalhaving the tally through said lugs, and the said knee support may thusturn freely downwardly into the dotted line position of Fig. 1. In fact,the device is so constructed that in accordance with the spring pressureof the arms of the knee support 14 on the lug 6, the device may be madeso that said knee support may drop down automatically, or may require tobe pushed down into said dotted line position. On the right hand side inFigs. 1 and 2, the wire arm carrying the end 15 presses against theinner side of its lug 6, and the terminal 17 presses against the innerside of the opposite lug to such degree as may be desired. Slightlybringing the arms of the knee support together or separating them willcause the amount of friction that A may be desired.

VVhatIclaimist- 1. In a supporting device for pails, the

combination of a plate having outwardly projecting horizontallyperforated ears, means for fastening the said plate upon the outside ofa pail, a knee support having horizontal ends adapted to project throughthe perforations in said ears, and one of said ends having an upwardlyturned termination for resting against a stationary abutment on the pailto hold said knee support in a substantially horizontal position.

2. In a supporting device for pails, the combination of av plate havingoutwardlyprojecting horizontally perforated ears, meansv for fasteningsaid plate on the outside of the pail, a knee support having horizontalends turned and projecting in the same direction whereby the ends may beinserted in said perforations from the same side of both ears, and oneof said ends having an upwardly turned termination for resting against astationary abutment of the pail to hold said knee support in asubstantially horizontal

